Poor buddy... Found DOR on the way back from birding. This makes the third Key I've documented this species on within the FL Keys.
With Valeri Ponzo; birding the hotel grounds. Lori & Ron Smith dropped by for a minute; they were in the area for butterflies. The weather at the start was cloudy and 63 degrees, with a light breeze. We left at 0830 and headed to Scipio Creek.
With Valeri Ponzo. We could not find the Scipio Creek boardwalk, so we birded the overgrown area behind the marina. The weather was overcast. We found the boardwalk at 0931 and left this area.
Morning juvenile fly-over.
Could possibly be a black whiskered vireo, but a fellow bird watcher stated that a worm eating warbler was here
probably- lacked any warm tones often seen on Bicknell's. didn't vocalize.
I got much better photos a few days prior, but just happy to catch one of these guys on the morning I was specifically trying to get as many species as I could. I feel like the golden-crowned kinglets either significantly outnumber the ruby-crowned recently, or else they are just louder and easier to see?